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Detectives are trying to track down who broke into a woman's home and stole her underwear and computer, according to Boynton Beach Police. It happened on the 1900 block of Southwest 24th Circle sometime between 8:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The woman told police the burglar or burglars got into the home by smashing a sliding door. A drawer full of her undergarments and a laptop computer among other items were taken, all valued at about $1,700. Police are investigating the theft.

More library patrons can now use computers. Starting today, library customers at the city-run Parkland library can "borrow" one of three laptops for up to two hours. By October, 10 laptops will be in service. The laptops can't be taken outside of the building. The point is to "maximize the capacity of the building," said city spokesman Scott Davidoff, since now the library doesn't have to worry about even more bulky desktops taking up space. The city has eight desktops.

Summer internships are career boosters for college students, but high schoolers have just as much to gain. Four seniors at Atlantic Community High School will reap professional and academic benefits as they intern this summer at the Max Planck Florida Institute in Jupiter. The six-week program gives students a leg up for college admission and prepares them for a real-world career in the field of neuroscience, said Dr. Ana Fiallos, head of education outreach at the Max Planck Florida Institute.

Modernizing Medicine is partnering with IBM Watson - of Jeopardy! fame - to expand its electronic medical assistant. With the help of the supercomputer, physicians will soon be able to ask a question of Watson about treatment research and get an immediate response as they're caring for a patient. The interaction would take place via Modernizing Medicine's iPad tablet customized for specialty physicians such as dermatologists. "The next decade forward will be the most exciting we've ever seen in computing as we begin to ask the computer questions and get direct answers," said Dan Cane, co-founder and CEO of Modernizing Medicine, based in Boca Raton . IBM announced Friday that Modernizing Medicine was among three companies chosen for the IBM Watson Ecosystem program designed to develop a new generation of apps.

Question: After past computer problems with elections and Obamacare, who would have thought that technological glitches would have tripped up Florida's high-stakes FCAT standardized exams? Answer: Any thinking person with half a brain. Lots of people, myself included, raised concerns about the movement toward computer-based testing when state officials approved the move online a few years ago. After all, computers crash and burn (and raise suspicions about whether they can be trusted)

Thousands of students in South Florida and across the state couldn't take the FCAT on Tuesday when a technical glitch prevented them from logging into the testing company's website. Those able to get through in Broward and Palm Beach county schools often had to wait several minutes between each question on their exams, officials said. Some students finished the test, despite the slowdowns. Others had to take it later in the day while another group wasn't able to take it at all and will have to make it up. The issue has added to the anxiety already associated with the high-stakes test, which can affect whether a student graduates, teacher pay and even neighborhood home values.

A man and a woman who were arrested at a Best Buy store in Boynton Beach were "part of an elaborate team" that targeted Best Buy stores around the country, police said. Few details were available, but Boynton Beach police, in its daily briefing posted to Facebook, said that Marjorie Pearson and John Bird were arrested Thursday night at the 550 Congress Avenue Best Buy store. According to police, one of the two suspects confessed to "having 50 different aliases and Social Security numbers.

The Boynton Beach Senior Center received a grant from the Department of Elder Affairs to offer free computer classes to seniors. The goal of the program is to teach seniors how to operate computers, tablets, cell phones and new technology and help those who want to re-enter the job market, update or acquire new technology skills. The first session began April 8 and runs for 16 consecutive weeks and serves an estimated 150 seniors ages 55 to 80. "This is a good opportunity for our residents to learn how to write letters and resumes, write and send emails, open attachments, navigate through the web, learn file management, texting, add phone and email contacts and sync their devices," said Nancy Molina, the center's recreation supervisor.

South Florida's colleges may soon be producing a lot more computer geeks. The State University System's Board of Governors has awarded $3.5 million to Florida Atlantic University, Broward College and Palm Beach State College to create a fast track program for students in computer science and computer engineering. The partnership was developed to align higher education degrees with the state's future workforce needs. The schools expect to serve more than 400 new students. "We hope to be able to replicate this approach in other fields of study that have an escalating need for highly skilled employees," FAU President John Kelly said.

At a time, the nation is grappling with the health implications of excess weight and obesity, the Florida Legislature is considering a bill that would give high school students a pass at physical education class if they choose a computer science class instead. Seriously, it's so Florida. All it takes is one credit of physical ed to meet Florida's demanding high school graduation requirements, and because state Sen. John Legg, R-Lutz doesn't want to add to the state's graduation requirements, he figured the only way to encourage students to take computer science courses was to diss gym classes.